Fairchild Club Forum

'Trying to replace odd interior door handles with the '46 Ford Custom proper handles.  Turns out the interior door handle receiver on the inside of the door structure is the wrong size (thus ugly door handles ~ stamped VW of all things).  I have the correct triangular receiver to mate the Ford handl...

'Replaced my leaky valves last year.  ACSpruce Curtis Drain Valve CCA-1600.Oddly the fuel tanks only held 28 gallons when refilled from empty. David PatteeN81361 On Apr 4, 2017, at 08:46, 'Jamie Treat' jamietreat@q.com [fairchildclub] wrote:   The tank port is looks like 3/8 NPT. There is a male uni...

'1946 F24R, N81361She likes grass.  Feed her asphalt and she can get a little cross and grab a bit.  Rarely three point her, but do and with her longer nose she behaves.  Most landings are tail low wheel landings.  Extra speed means harder work bleeding it off.  Many fly final at 70, I fly at 60 wit...

'Will doGreat email Thank you On Mar 8, 2017, at 14:24, Michael Kelly hotfoot49@hotmail.com [fairchildclub] wrote:   Hi all:      By now some of you have heard Joe was in an auto accident last Thursday. He's still in ICU but doing better. He has some broken ribs and internal injuries but is up and w...

'I just repacked my bearings.My existing setup isInner BearingSpacerFelt SealSpacer Has anyone purchased new bearings?  What size? David PatteeN81361, KRBD On Jun 11, 2016, at 15:52, Steve Link steven_link@msn.com [fairchildclub] wrote:   I was putting my brakes and wheels on today and am in a quand...

'I used a $10 Home Depot HDX 1 Gal. Sprayer and pressure bled from the wheels up.  I put rags underneath the master to catch the little bit of overflow.  Brake pressure was decent after the first bleed and test flight.  The second bleed removed the remaining air.  Those installed expander tubes were...

'It's time to replace the tires on Big Red. I have the tires and tubes, but keep coming up empty on places to do the change. I tried an aircraft tire shop on the field that said they had done one once by taking it to an NTB. Not a great choice. A local specialty/antique tire place only orders them a...